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Aug 29, 2025 4:00 PM

Kimberly-Clark To Pay Around $40 Million Over Surgical Gown Designs

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ:KMB) will pay $40.4 million to settle a criminal charge related to selling adulterated MicroCool surgical gowns.

The Justice Department said the company admitted to fraudulent testing and mislabeling, claiming the gowns met the highest AAMI Level 4 protection standards.

A criminal information filed in the Northern District of Texas charged Kimberly-Clark with introducing adulterated medical devices into interstate commerce with intent to defraud. Investigators found that an employee manipulated ...